what is firewall and types of it?

Answer Posted / kavish

Firewall is a collection of programs which is use to
prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network.
It can be define in two categories. The following
categories are.

1.packet filter firewall
2.application gateway firewall
3.circuit layer firewall

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